What kind of week are YOU having?
Now, if you're a woman concerned about her reproductive freedom, this week has had its ups and downs, but on the whole?
Meh, not so much. A person of color concerned about your right to vote?
Pretty lousy. God forbid you're poor, because it's bad, been bad for awhile, and probably
getting worse.
If you're an undocumented person, there's at least a
little glimmer of optimism.
But if you're LGBTQ, it's safe to say you're having
a good week. Hell, your civil rights are having a pretty good year. Maybe the
best year ever, in fact.
Nobody's rights have moved in the right direction farther and faster than gay rights, in particular the right to get married to the person you love. In fact, let's just stop calling it
gay marriage.
You should never forget -- and I'm certain you won't -- that you'll always have
people like this to contend with. The best part about sharing a society with people filled with so much hatred is that they can coin a phrase like "sodomy-based marriage" and
still make it sound like fun (while at the same time being completely oblivious to themselves).
Oh yeah, I almost forgot: if you're a white conservative bigot, things are
bad for you and getting
worse every time you open your mouth. But then again, nobody has earned a little payback any more than you.
The mills of the gods seemed to speed up a bit this week.
